The Sandean Table

Christmas has passed. As always, it is a time of emotional intensity and it is distilled through our relationships with others. I’m listening to Norah Jones this evening as I write this December blog. She sings from the heart about Read more…

Meta Metaphors (With permission to reprint from the Oregon Musician, February 2016, Issue 12) Metaphors are something we use everyday in our speech. If I want to make a point of clarification or enhance the description of something, a metaphor Read more…

Music study and a place in the profession usually require a singular sustained commitment and years of study, often beginning in early childhood. Time is filled with countless hours in solitude. Fluency and mastery are gained only through regular and Read more…